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THILL- SUPPORT. l N0'.A 377,922. Patented Feb. 14, 1888.

' /ef I- UNITED STATES ALEIR'rIs ANGU's, on sr.

PATENT OFFICE. f

JoHNsvILLE, NEW YORK.

THILL-SUPPORT..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,922, dated IFebruary 14, 1888.

Application tiled December 16, 1887. Serial No. 258,050. rNo model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBIR'rrs ANeUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Johnsville, in the' county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Phill-Supports;

' and I do hereby declare that lthe following is for supporting the thills of a vehicle in an up-v right or nearly upright position when not in use; and it consists in the several details of construction, substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre sents the axle of the vehicle, of the usual construction, to which is suitably attachedthe clip B of any desirable form. 'Io the clip B is connected the thill-iron C of the thill D in thev usual manner, said thill-iron, for this purpose, being provided with an eye, a, through which passes a screw-bolt, b. This bolt also passes through eye-plates c of the clip, and is held by nut d engaging the screw-threads on the bolt. Any suitable means may be employed for connecting the thill to the shaft of the vehicle; and I do not desire, therefore, to be limited to the means shown, as it constitutes no part of my invention. Thesame bolt that connects the thill-iron to the clip also connects an arm, E, thereto,which arm is curved upward at its outer end, and at its rear end terminates in a form a perfect support for the arm to hold it in position and prevent it turning on the ple and effective means to hold the arm staf tionary, but dispenses with keys andother attachments to attain this end, -while it adds strength to the arm'. -To the outer end of the arm Eis pivoted one end of a toggle-lever,l G,

a toggle-lever, H, the latter beingadjustably pivoted to a bracket, I, secured to the under side of the thill-iron C. As a means for :rendering the toggle-1ever H adjustable on the bracket, I prefer to employ a pin, e, rigidly secured or formed on the end of the togglelever, said pin entering one of a series of holes, f, in the bracket, and held thereto by a screwnut or key,*as preferred.'

lever the position ofthe thill can be regulated when thrown back out of the way, the throw of the lever being regulated for this purpose.

Having now fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a thill-support, the combination,with the thill and clip for attaching it to the axle, of a toggle-lever connected at one end to the thill and at the opposite end to an arm secured to the clip and terminating at its rear end ina braceto bear against the axle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

ALBIBTIS ANGUS.

Witnesses:

H. D. ROOKERFELLER,

WM. S.l BURKE.

brace, F, to bear against the axle, and thus fastening-bolt. This feature is not only a simand to the opposite end of thelever'is pivoted By means of the adjustment'of the togglel 

